- Apr 4, 2002
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Conspiracy theorists that saw the end of that game certainly have some live ammunition to support their beliefs! This was posted by someone else on another site, but I think he hits the nail on the head perfectly:
Now don't get me wrong, I like to believe that games are never fixed and it makes me sick when losers blame bad beats on a fix. However, in this case, it looked so blatant that Utah bettors (like ME) have every right to cry foul.
For those who missed it, Utah (-23) was up by 31 with less than one minute left. Wyoming scores and kicks PAT to go down 24 with about 40 seconds left. I still figured I was safe as I didn't expect onside kick with game out of reach. As I expected, Wyoming did kick away, but it was short kick taken by up-man. Instead of just getting what he could and going down (since QB was only going to kneel anyway - and wind chill was like 10 below so you would think they'd want to get game over with), guy pitches the ball back to regular kick returner trailing the play. Returner muffs the pitch and ball lays at his feet for seemingly 2 minutes (LOL). Then Wyoming guys hustles in as if it is a 1-point game and recovers the fumble. First play after that TD pass. 45-28 final, fock all Utah Backers!
One of the most painful losses ever!!
Did anyone else see this and does anybody suspect foul play?
- EM
Now don't get me wrong, I like to believe that games are never fixed and it makes me sick when losers blame bad beats on a fix. However, in this case, it looked so blatant that Utah bettors (like ME) have every right to cry foul.
For those who missed it, Utah (-23) was up by 31 with less than one minute left. Wyoming scores and kicks PAT to go down 24 with about 40 seconds left. I still figured I was safe as I didn't expect onside kick with game out of reach. As I expected, Wyoming did kick away, but it was short kick taken by up-man. Instead of just getting what he could and going down (since QB was only going to kneel anyway - and wind chill was like 10 below so you would think they'd want to get game over with), guy pitches the ball back to regular kick returner trailing the play. Returner muffs the pitch and ball lays at his feet for seemingly 2 minutes (LOL). Then Wyoming guys hustles in as if it is a 1-point game and recovers the fumble. First play after that TD pass. 45-28 final, fock all Utah Backers!
One of the most painful losses ever!!
Did anyone else see this and does anybody suspect foul play?
- EM